OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 27712

cubism

/ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cubismo
An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
A few recall that, in 1908, he [Matisse] inspired the coinage of the term “cubism,” in disparagement of a movement that would eclipse his leading influence on the Parisian avant-ga…
Matisse coined the name Cubism as a derisive joke.
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